Atlanta Hawk's Josh Childress considering Olympiakos

[FRANKY 13]

Thanks man.

[bobo81]

Anyone half decent coming from the US to the EU is a massive boost for EU basketball. I just want to see more of them coming to the UK to give our ballers a boost!

Whats up with England? These guys should have a great league and first team. I know they play bball so whats the deal?

[EverGreen]

Whats up with England? These guys should have a great league and first team. I know they play bball so whats the deal?

Britain basically doesnt give a rats ass about basketball. Even OAP's Lawn bowls competitions have a greater following.

I lived 8 years in London.

[KWSN-Men]

I lived in UK too. They care more about football (soccer), rugby, cricket, snooker and many other things then basketball.

[JGX]

From the ESPN article:

He once got so lost in his car that he hired a taxi to lead him back home. He cannot yet hold a conversation in Greek. In fact, his Olympiacos teammate Sophocles "Baby Shaq" Schortsanitis told him that if Childress learned the language within a year, Schortsanitis would give him half his salary.

Does that mean extra money, or a 6-month supply of food?

[Basketball Player]

Josh Childress and his over €5 million euro per year net salary is looking ridiculous right now. It is even looking worse than Jasikevicius' contract. In fact now that I think of it, unbelievably the Greek clubs are even more overpaying these days than the Russian clubs are.

[Khalid80]

Whats up with England? These guys should have a great league and first team. I know they play bball so whats the deal?

The British just aren't really interested in bball. All they care about is football (soccer).
The league there is mostly made up of mediocre foreign players who actually make up like 70% of each team.
I still remember that when I used to play bball in our uni. in the UK most of the other guys I played with were either Greek, Chinese, Nigerian, and some fellow Lebanese.

[KWSN-Men]

The British just aren't really interested in bball. All they care about is football (soccer).
The league there is mostly made up of mediocre foreign players who actually make up like 70% of each team.
I still remember that when I used to play bball in our uni. in the UK most of the other guys I played with were either Greek, Chinese, Nigerian, and some fellow Lebanese.

Haha, exactly. I was playing together with other Greeks, Spaniards and Nigerians. Not even one Brit there.

[edemire]

Those ESPN intervew videos are great. I had to blog about them. Josh seems like a really cool guy.

[Khalid80]

Haha, exactly. I was playing together with other Greeks, Spaniards and Nigerians. Not even one Brit there.

Which uni did u go to in UK?

As for Childress what is the main impression of Olympiakos fans concerning him?
Is he playing up to expectations? (I know that this question is still too early to ask since it's still the beginning of the season but I just want to hear what u guys think )

[KWSN-Men]

Which uni did u go to in UK?

As for Childress what is the main impression of Olympiakos fans concerning him?
Is he playing up to expectations? (I know that this question is still too early to ask since it's still the beginning of the season but I just want to hear what u guys think )

Hull Uni. Many years ago, finished my MBA back in 2000.

As for Childress, it is not my place to say because I will be accussed as biased, but I can tell you he scored his first official 3p shot in Europe. It only took him 7 games and 9 missed shots. He is now 1/11 from the arc.

[Khalid80]

Hull Uni. Many years ago, finished my MBA back in 2000.

As for Childress, it is not my place to say because I will be accussed as biased, but I can tell you he scored his first official 3p shot in Europe. It only took him 7 games and 9 missed shots. He is now 1/11 from the arc.

Orea!
I think the amount of Greeks studying abroad are much more than those in Greece (especially those doing their Masters). This is a common issue here in Lebanon as well.
Maybe Childress is still getting used to the international 3 point line
As for fans of other teams (especially PAO) criticizing Olympiakos players i understand what u mean

[KWSN-Men]

Childress offered some NBA magic tonight...

http://www.sport.gr/default.asp?pid=69&vid=18735

[Phantim3dx]

Childress offered some NBA magic tonight...

http://www.sport.gr/default.asp?pid=69&vid=18735

who won this? i assume not oly?

[Turkish Airlines Euroleague]

who won this? i assume not oly?

Pao beated Oly 86-69. But Josh was one of the best, imagine what were the other players...